Below are excerpts from President Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Speech. Lincoln's Speech may be found in most public libraries.

Abraham Lincoln's endorsement of guaranteed permanent slavery.

Note that Abraham Lincoln does NOT mention slavery at all as a reason to invade the Southern States.

The only properties belonging to the federal government that Lincoln says he would invade to occupy were two TAX COLLECTION FORTS:Fort Sumpter at the entrance to Charleston Harbor in South Carolina and Fort Pickens at the entrance to Pensacola Bay in Florida.

Therefore, Lincoln's own words prove that the only reason for his invading the Confederate States was to collect his 40% import tax on Southerners.